Heatsink Quesiton

[fender8338]

I was installing the intel heatsink onto a core 2 duo processor and accidentally rubbed a bit of the thermal compound off. Is this gonna be an issue?

[noneoftheabove]

it might and it might not. when the cooler goes on the cpu it will smush down the heatsink paste so a little missed wont hurt. if you get high temps then you will want to reapply.

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by fender8338 I was installing the intel heatsink onto a core 2 duo processor and accidentally rubbed a bit of the thermal compound off. Is this gonna be an issue?

How much did you rub off? If only a tiny bit, then you shouldn't have any problems. The thermal pad is designed to melt a bit so that it can get into all the small pits and crevices in the CPU heatspreader and heatsink so it could possibly melt and flow into the area you rubbed off.

Cricket

[Chazell29]

Originally Posted by Cricket How much did you rub off? If only a tiny bit, then you shouldn't have any problems. The thermal pad is designed to melt a bit so that it can get into all the small pits and crevices in the CPU heatspreader and heatsink so it could possibly melt and flow into the area you rubbed off. Cricket

does this thermal paste come with the processor/heatsink? or is it alraedy on? or do you need to buy it seperatly?

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by Chazell29 does this thermal paste come with the processor/heatsink? or is it alraedy on? or do you need to buy it seperatly?

The Intel LGA775 heatsink already has a thermal pad attached to it.

I'm not sure about AMD heatsinks because I haven't built a AMD system in about 5 years.

Third party aftermarket heatsinks are generally sold with no thermal pad or compound. You have to buy it separately and apply it before you build.

Cricket

[fender8338]

Originally Posted by Cricket How much did you rub off? If only a tiny bit, then you shouldn't have any problems. The thermal pad is designed to melt a bit so that it can get into all the small pits and crevices in the CPU heatspreader and heatsink so it could possibly melt and flow into the area you rubbed off. Cricket

It wasn't much. What happened is that I glanced the heatsink by my shirt and accidentally caught it. Didn't rub off much though.

[fender8338]

Originally Posted by Chazell29 does this thermal paste come with the processor/heatsink? or is it alraedy on? or do you need to buy it seperatly?

Yeah its the intel heatsink and it came with the compound already applied. It just had three rows of the compound over the heatsink and one of the rows got a little smuged.

[LeftyAce]

Originally Posted by fender8338 It wasn't much. What happened is that I glanced the heatsink by my shirt and accidentally caught it. Didn't rub off much though.

You ought to be fine. If the components aren't already in the case, do the out of case build to check core components, and if your temps get too high, you can easily remove the heatsink and get some new thermal paste on there.

If the machine is already built, just check the temperatures under load. Something in the 40s Celcius is to be expected with the C2D.

[fender8338]

Well the machine is already built. I haven't been able to check for temps because I don't have a video card yet so as soon as I get one I'm gonna check to see how hot its running.

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by fender8338 Well the machine is already built. I haven't been able to check for temps because I don't have a video card yet so as soon as I get one I'm gonna check to see how hot its running.

I honestly don't think you'll have a problem...unless you didn't install the heatsink correctly.

Cricket